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In the era of the smartphone, an electronic calculator may seem a bit old-hat. But they continue to hold a fascination in our community, both when used for their original …read more Continue reading Classic Calculator Goes RPN, With New Brain
Ceiling clocks were a bit of a thing back in the days when clock radios were a fixture of nightstands. The idea was to project the time onto the ceiling …read more Continue reading Don’t Look Up, or You’ll See the Time from This VFD Projection Clock
We’ve had cyberdecks as part of the scenery for long enough now that there are a series of common elements that appear across many different builds. The Raspberry Pi, for …read more Continue reading A VFD Dot Matrix Makes This Cyberdeck Special
When you’ve got a piece of interesting old aviation hardware on your desk, what do you do with it? If you’re not willing to relegate it to paperweight status, your …read more Continue reading Jet Engine Tachometer Turned into Unique CPU Utilization Meter
A decent drill press is an essential machine tool for almost any kind of shop, and marks a significant step up in precision compared to a hand drill. The ability …read more Continue reading More Drill Press Mods: Adding a VFD Means No More Belt Changes
Small in size, low-resolution, blocky segments, and a limited color palette — all characteristics of the typical vacuum fluorescent display, any of which would seem to disqualify them as the …read more Continue reading This Retro Game Console Puts Vacuum Fluorescent Display to Good Use
Everyone knows we’re big fans of displays that differ from the plain old flat-panel LCDs that seem to adorn most devices these days. It’s a bit boring when the front …read more Continue reading A Loving Look Inside Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
It’s safe to say that most projects that feature a VFD emphasize the “D” aspect more than anything. Vacuum fluorescent displays are solid performers, after all, with their cool blue-green …read more Continue reading Audio Amp Puts VFDs to Work in an Unusual Way
The Garmin HUD+ was a small Bluetooth device intended for the dashboard of a car, meant to be used as a GPS heads-up display for data from Garmin smartphone apps. …read more Continue reading Garmin HUD Got Discontinued, But Not Trashed
Humans love visualising music, whether it’s in the form of an inscrutable equation drawing squiggles in Winamp, or a simple VU meter pulsing with the beat. This build from [mircemk] …read more Continue reading VFD Character Display Turned Into Audio VU Meter